Application Services

What is a Committee Letter?

The HPO Committee Letter of Evaluation is designed to provide an assessment of an applicant's overall preparation for their medical or dental school application and admission. The letter offers schools an evaluation of the candidate's individual strengths, competencies, accomplishments, and overall readiness to be a successful medical or dental student.

Are Applicants required to submit a Committee Letter for Dental or Medical School Admissions?

Although Committee Letters can be very useful for medical and dental school admissions, no Texas medical or dental school requires applicants to submit a Committee Letter of Evaluation.

Out-of-state medical and dental schools have varying policies regarding this requirement. Applicants should closely research the specific requirements of the schools they intend to apply to, as different institutions may have explicit preferences for the types of letters they require.

 

Committee Letter Eligibility Requirements

The deadline to submit the Intent to Apply Form for Committee Letter interest will be March 7, 2025.

To be eligible for a committee letter an applicant must meet the following requirements:

• Current UTSA students or UTSA Alumni pursuing Medical or Dental School Admission
• Non-UTSA Alumni attending Post-bacc must have completed a minimum of 32 semester credit hours at UTSA.
• Earned a minimum 3.25 cumulative* UTSA GPA  and min 3.25 cumulative Science^** GPA.
• Meet the minimum Entrance Exam score requirements :
  • MCAT score of 500
  • DAT AA score of 19 or 400 (under new DAT scoring effective March 2025)

If you do not meet these requirements, then the HPO can only collect and manage your other LORs as described below.

*Cumulative UTSA GPA means all UTSA grades earned included in GPA, including any coursework repeated.

**Cumulative Science GPA means any coursework completed in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Math, including grades from dual credit or transfer credit courses.

Note: Those requesting a committee letter must allow the HPO to collect and manage all of your other supporting letters of evaluation to submit as a committee letter packet.

To answer any questions, our Advisors will hold Information Sessions on the Health Professions Office Application Services and how to get started. ne t

INFORMATION SESSION DATES &TIMES (click here for zoom links and more details)

Information Sessions Dates for upcoming Entry Year 2026 Medical and Dental School admission

All Information Sessions will be held virtually on the following designated Fridays at 10:30 am

Nov. 15

Dec. 13

Jan. 24

Feb. 7

Feb. 21

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The Health Professions Office will begin offering Applicant Services for the upcoming EY 2026 Medical and Dental Admission cycle starting on Nov. 20th

• The Intent to Apply form and other committee process forms can be found in the Health Professions Canvas beginning Nov. 20th. UTSA Alumni who no longer have Canvas access, can request access to the Health Professions Office Dropbox.
• To request access to these documents in Canvas or Dropbox please email our office.
  

REQUEST ACCESS: Email UTSA Health Professions Office  

Applicants not interested in a Committee Letter may still request the Health Professions Office collect their letters of recommendation for a HP Letter Packet. Forms are also located in Health Professions Office Canvas or the HPO Dropbox.

Upon request, the HPO may manage the collection of all Letters of Evaluation for students to be used in support of their application to medical or dental school. This letter collection packet is submitted to the respective application service(s) once all letters have been received. The deadline to submit the Intent to Apply Form for Letter Collection Services interest will be September 1, 2025.

To utilize this service, applicants must meet these guidelines:

• Be currently enrolled at UTSA or a UTSA Alumni student
• Submit the Intent to Apply Form by the stated deadline
• Letter Collection Services do not have any GPA or Entrance Exam requirements.